Could see a bit of a change at the top after Gretna's surprise 3-2 win.

Transfer reminder

The transfer window opened at 12:00 BST on Friday 9th of October so now is the time to give your side a real shot in the arm!

That's right, until 12:30 on the 20th you can ditch up to three players and bring in three fresh faces

Overall top 5, not sure if european scores are included yet

Pos Team Name Manager's Name Points
1 380 on tour john cairney 485
2 Team A Brian Harkness 480
3 Red Tea Billy King 477
4 Kenny's 11 George Singer 474
5 elmadrigal Andrew Blacklaw 471


Has everyones transfers been successful yet? Mines are mixed, a couple of teams goalie sent off!, other bookings etc.

Mine have worked out not to badly up until now. I brought in Diamond for Berra (Hearts have started to ship a lot of goals) and Barry Robson for McGeady (he has lost his scoring boots). I also brought in Scott McDonald for Boyd (looks like he is out of favour with Walter).

Three good transfers there i'd say.

Think i'm too far behind to really catch up and i went with fairly safe picks so it's not like i'll gain any big advantage. Just trying not to let the mini league down too much.

Good luck the rest of the way.

A funny thing happened today. I checked the Monthly Leaderboard and found that I was Top. When I say "I was top" you might wonder why the the leaders name is James Scott, but there is a simple explanation. Just before the start of the season I was visiting my old Uncle and we got talking about the Fantasy Football. He admiited that he knew nothing about football but he gave me money to enter two teams for him, (which I picked). I had forgotten all about them until I happened to look at the leaderboard. Bloody typical, I spend years trying to win something at this game and then this happens.!!!! Not to worry, I will be happy for Old Uncle James if he wins a Grand. (he's an OAP) He might even slip me a fiver.

Nice one mate.

Only one more round of games to hold on for. Hopefully you've got at least a couple of Celtic and Rangers players to push you over the edge.

You're in for a nervous afternoon listening to the scores come in. and even then with the ratings points you still won't know for definate if you've won or not?

I'm going to have a similar weekend biting my nails hoping for my YTM monthly team to hold on.

Good luck and hopefully we'll both get something.

This is my (Uncles) Team going into the last week. Hope I don't pick up any injuries at the weekend International and I also hope that Whittaker gets a run out for the Gers at Falkirk..

McGregor Rangers 58
Caldwell Celtic 36
McManus Celtic 72
Whittaker Hibernian 35
Diamond Aberdeen 14
McGeady Celtic 40
Fletcher Hibernian 17
Beuzelin Hibernian 34
McDonald Celtic 47
Wyness Inverness CT 45
Clarkson Motherwell 45

Sorry been neglecting this for a while

Season Overall

Pos Team Name Manager's Name Points
1 Rhys Allstars 2 Donald McNiven 826
2 elmadrigal Andrew Blacklaw 814
3 The Howden End Stephen Strachan 788
4 Keens Alistair McKean 783
5 Kenny's 11 George Singer 778

Monthly Table

Pos Team Name Manager's Name Points
1 MGM10 Neil Carrington 171
2 Telephone Entry Telephone Entry 156
2 3oo hd fc colin mcgrath 156
4 die stund' ist da Graham Dolan 155
5 Tropicana10 Neil Carrington 154

Good luck Neil and Graham

League of Mini Leagues Table

Position Mini League Name Created By Average Pts
1 boydbrothers scott boyd 631
2 The League of Kelly Paul Kelly 621
3 Blundersliga david chalmers 611
4 NOT GOOD ENOUGH john laing 608
5 biscuits united Ronald MacDonald 604
6 M&S Martin Mitchell 602
7 Tartan Vicar Party Geoff Pryor 595

Recent Scottish Injuries News

Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher faces two months on the sidelines after a scan confirmed he has suffered ankle ligament damage.

Former Scotland international Neil McCann has rejoined his Hearts colleagues in training for the first time since his leg break in August.

Motherwell midfielder Kenny Connolly faces a lengthy period on the sidelines after breaking his leg in a reserve game against Kilmarnock.

St Mirren midfielder Stephen O'Donnell faces up to three months on the sidelines after breaking a bone in his foot in training.

Aberdeens D. Mackie, S Out indefinitely - Undisclosed
He sustained an unknown injury during the club's match against Inverness on Oct. 21.

Celtic
M. Wilson, D day-to-day - Knee, He is sidelined with a knee injury.
S. Nakamura, M day-to-day - Knee, He is suffering from a nagging knee injury.

Dundee Utd
L. Zaluska, G ay-to-day - Foot, He is sidelined with a foot injury.

Hearts
M. Pinilla, S day-to-day - Hamstring, He is sidelined with a strained hamstring.

Kilmarnock
E. Skora, M Out indefinitely - Knee, He is sidelined with a knee injury.

Overall Season Position

Pos Team Name Manager's Name Points
1 Rhys Allstars 2 Donald McNiven 1055
2 Blixen Team 9 Peter Scott 1028
3 Dunipace Violet Allan Gillies 1024
4 elmadrigal Andrew Blacklaw 1023
5 Stroch Supreme Craig Watson 1010
6 Eballs Alltars Abbernethy 1008
7 alternative defeat Graham Dolan 1006

Keep it going Graham, my best team 98th overall with 939 points.


Overall Mini League Tables

Position Mini League Name Created By Average Pts
1 Timely Scores Brian Mitchell 863
2 The League of Kelly Paul Kelly 861
3 boydbrothers scott boyd 841
4 Only Way Is Up Brian Mitchell 840
5 Blundersliga david chalmers 827
5 dark horses Steven Morrison 827
7 Vegas Boys Neil Carrington 826

A bit of work to do to climb this table.

How is everyone doing ?

Last transfer window to make or break our teams.

My best teams

Merrick 939 points - 98th
Craignaw 898 points - 390th
Meikle Millyea 896 points - 412th
Cairnsmore 864 points - 824th
Corserine 841 points - 1294th

I will try and post some relevant scottish team injuries and transferred players a.s.a.p.

Spl teams still in Scottish Cup

5th Round Draw - all ties Saturday 2 February at 3pm unless otherwise stated

Morton v Queen of the South
Aberdeen v Brechin (subject to outcome of Emergency Committee meeting 30/01/08)
Kilmarnock v Celtic (Saturday 2 Feb, 12 noon - live on BBC)
Motherwell v Dundee
Livingston v Partick Thistle
Hibernian v Rangers (Sunday 3 Feb, 12 noon - live on Sky Sports)
Ross County v St Johnstone
St Mirren v Dundee United

Spl teams in Europe

Champions League
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Celtic v Barcelona, R1, L1, 19:45

Tuesday, 04 March 2008
Barcelona v Celtic, R1, L2, 19:45


Uefa Cup

Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Rangers v Panathinaikos, Round of 32, L1, 20:00
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Panathinaikos v Rangers, Round of 32, L2, 17:00

Thursday, 14 February 2008
Aberdeen v Bayern Munich, Round of 32, L1, 18:00
Bayern Munich v Aberdeen, Round of 32, L2, 17:45

And should we get through

Thursday, 06 March 2008
Anderlecht/Bordeaux v Aberdeen/Bayern Munich, Round of 16, L1, 20:00
Rangers/Panathinaikos v Werder Bremen/Braga, Round of 16, L1, 20:00

Injuries

Aberdeen

M. Hart, day to day - Back
He is struggling with a back injury and has missed their last four matches.

A. Considine, day-to-day - Ankle
He is struggling with an ankle injury and has missed their last four matches.

J. McNamara, day-to-day - Hamstring

D. Mackie, Out indefinitely - Ankle
He sustained an ankle injury during the club's match on October 21.

Celtic

M. Wilson, day-to-day - Knee

J. Doumbe, day-to-day - Achilles

Dundee Utd

L. Zaluska, day-to-day - Foot

K. Watson, day-to-day - Knee

Injuries

Falkirk

No injuries to report.

Gretna

No injuries to report.

Hearts

M. Pinilla, day-to-day - Hamstring


Hibernian

No injuries to report.

Injuries

Inverness CT

S. Watt, Out indefinitely - Ankle
He is sidelined with a high ankle sprain.

M. Paatelainen, Out indefinitely - Ankle

Kilmarnock

E. Skora, Out indefinitely - Knee

Motherwell

No injuries to report.

Rangers

A. Webster, Early Feb - Knee

D. Beasley, Out indefinitely - Knee
He is sidelined with a knee injury. There is no timetable for his return.

St. Mirren

No injuries to report.

The above is all I have at the moment, their may be more injured,

please feel free to contribute or put me right on any of the above

SPL January transfers

ABERDEEN

In: Josh Walker, midfielder (Middlesbrough, loan); David Bus, defender (De Graafschap); Stuart Duff, midfielder (Dundee United)

Out: Chris Clark, midfielder (Plymouth, £200,000); Michael Hart, defender (Preston North End, £100,000); Michael Paton, forward (Brechin City, loan);

CELTIC

In: Koki Mizuno, midfielder (JEF United, undisclosed); Georgios Samaras, forward (Manchester City, loan); Andreas Hinkel, defender (Sevilla, £1.9m)

Out: Theodore Bjarnason, midfielder (Lyn Oslo); Scott Fox, goalkeeper (Ayr United, loan);

DUNDEE UNITED

In: Mark de Vries, forward (Leicester City); Danny Swanson, midfielder (Berwick Rangers, £40,000); Danny Grainger, defender (Gretna, £30,000); Eric Odihambo, forward (Leicester City, loan);

Out: Marco Andrioni, midfielder (Airdrie United, loan); Greg Cameron, midfielder (St Johnstone, loan); William Easton, defender (Ayr United);


FALKIRK

In: Kevin McBride, midfielder (Darlington); Stephen Bradley, forward (Drogheda)

Out: Steven Thomson, midfielder (Brighton, undisclosed); John Stewart, forward (Queen of the South, loan); Liam Craig, midfielder (St Johnstone, loan); Stuart Murdoch, midfielder (Berwick Rangers, loan); Mark Staunton, defender (Berwick Rangers, loan);

GRETNA

In: John Paul Kissock, midfielder (Everton, loan); Danny Hall, defender (Shrewsbury Town); Kyle Naughton, defender (Sheffield United, loan); Ben Wilkinson, midfielder (Hull City, loan)

Out: Tony Caig, goalkeeper (Houston Dynamos); Colin McMenamin, forward (Dundee, undisclosed); Danny Grainger, defender (Dundee United, £30,000); Ryan McGuffie, midfielder (Morton); David Graham, forward (Hamilton Academical); Niall Henderson, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Fraser McLaren, forward (Montrose, loan); Erik Paartalu, midfielder (Stirling Albion, loan); David Bingham, forward (Cowdenbeath, loan); Colin Scott, goalkeeper; David Cowan, defender;

HEARTS

In: None

Out: Michal Pospisil, forward (Sint-Truidense); Lina Pilibaitis, midfielder (Kaunas, loan end); David Templeton, forward (Raith Rovers, loan);

HIBERNIAN

In: Mixu Paatelainen, manager (TPS Turku); John Rankin, midfielder (Inverness Caledonian Thistle, £110,000); Ian Murray, defender (Norwich City);

Out: John Collins, manager; David Murphy, defender (Birmingham City, £1.5m); Keegan Ayre, midfielder (Berwick Rangers, loan); Blair Tolmie, defender (Berwick Rangers, loan); Paddy Mailey, midfielder (Stenhousemuir, loan); Torben Joneleit, defender (loan deal from Monaco cut short)

INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE

In: Phil McGuire, defender (Dunfermline Athletic)

Out: John Rankin, midfielder (Hibernian, £110,000); Alan Morgan, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Stuart McCaffrey, defender (St Johnstone, loan);

KILMARNOCK

In: Alan Morgan, midfielder (Inverness Caledonian Thistle);

Out: Peter Logan, goalkeeper (Berwick Rangers, loan); Robert Campbell, forward (Queen of the South)

MOTHERWELL

In: Luke Daniels, goalkeeper (West Brom, loan);

Out: Willie Kinniburgh, defender (Partick Thistle); Simon Mensing, midfielder (Hamilton Academical);

RANGERS

In: Neil Alexander, goalkeeper (Ipswich Town, undisclosed); Christian Dailly, defender (West Ham United);

Out: Alan Hutton, defender (Tottenham Hotspur, £9m); Ugo Ehiogu, defender (Sheffield United)

ST MIRREN

In: Andy Dorman, midfielder (New England Revolution); Jim Hamilton, forward (Dunfermline Athletic)

Out: Eddie Malone, defender (Dundee, undisclosed);

Thanks
Not sure my team has got the right shape to improve much. But at this stage so much can change and any team in top 100 at least could still win. Last minute movements in the transfer window could be significant.

First of all apologies to my fellow mini league players. I've been so mad for 2 weeks, its took me this long to post on this subject.

I only managed to make transfers to my 4 top teams. I then tried to change all the rest in one go and fell foul to the website crashing. I had made all my transfers 8 or more times, but when I pressed the payment button I just kept getting a blank page!!!!

I did email the sun with all my changes before deadline, but got the following reply.

"Good Afternoon Mr Christison,
We have looked into your below query and we are unable to make the below transfers you have detailed. This is because we can see that you were able to make transfers on Feb 2nd.

Although we understand that you have not made transfers to all of your teams, the transfer faction was available to you.

Kind Regards,

Darren Johnson
Dream Team"

I can understand your frustration. Previous experience made me do sun or scottish sun transfers in only a few teams at once because of the risk of crashes. Especially frustrating is the sun habit of timing you out if you are slow or distracted for some reason, then you have to start all over again.

You talking about your sex-life again Parrot.


CAW.

That really is an absolute disgrace Lone Ranger.

Through no fault of your own you cant make your transfers (after youve tried 8 times).

You then email them before the dealine just to make sure and they wont accept them???????????????

I'm livid for you.

These people are an absolute disgrace. Im climbling the walls in frustration for you.

IT'S THEIR FAULT FOR CHRIST SAKE.

Clearly its their website thats a joke.

You should email them back and tell them thats its not acceptable. You cant just let these people palm you off. Its just not right.

Cheers.

Now to add insult to injury I have just checked my credit card bill and guess what, I've been charged an extra £18.00 for the transfers I wasn't allowed to make. Better get an email off to The Sun a.s.a.p.

You are not alone on this one Lone Ranger. Although I felt like you are at the moment after the first transfer window. I had 3 teams sitting in the top 100 and tried for 3 hours to get my transfers through but site kept crashing. I knew this was a problem with the English game, but have never experienced this with the Scottish one until this year. It is rediculous that a site can't cope with such a small amount of traffic. I e-mailed them too, and they told me to write to the Sun about it.

Good Luck with getting it sorted out.

Final overall Positions.

Firstly very hard luck to Graham Dolan, who had been leading for quite some time, but fell to 4th in the end. Also Neil Carrington who was always there abouts and he just pipped Graeme to 3rd overall. Well Done.


Pos Team Name Manager's Name Points
1 Blixen Team 9 Peter Scott 1826 £30,000
2 Graeme's Greats 1 Graeme Carvel 1816 £5000
3 Mandalay Bay2 Neil Carrington 1804 £3000
4 missing the Graham Dolan 1799 £2000
5 Telephone Entry Telephone Entry 1788
6 gogo blues Paul Robinson 1781
7 elmadrigal Andrew Blacklaw 1775
8 Tompas Troopers Tom Paterson 1771
9 Dffc1 David Findlay 1769
10 Stroch Supreme Craig Watson 1767
10 Peter United Ian Bold 1767

Mini Leagues

Position Mini League Name Created By Average Pts
1 Timely Scores Brian Mitchell 1584
2 The League of Kelly Paul Kelly 1582
3 boydbrothers scott boyd 1566
4 Only Way Is Up Brian Mitchell 1538
5 NOT GOOD ENOUGH john laing 1518
6 Blundersliga david chalmers 1505
7 Vegas Boys Neil Carrington 1501 Sorry no help from me in this league

Looking over all our mini leagues we had hard luck, our combined scores between mini leagues may have took us top.

Lone Rangers best 3

Craignaw Points 1683 Position 115
Cairnsmore Points 1662 Position 155
Merrick Points 1572 Position 640

Was doing okay, but faded away in March, a few injuries, team rotation.

Cheer up Lone Ranger - confirmation now on the website that we won!

Sun's duplicate teams/domination of league by one team rules meant that all 6 leagues above us were disqualified from prize winnings.

Prize fund to be split equally between all league members as all scores counted. Please PM your contact details to me if I haven't already got them.